Tarikh-i Salatin-i Afaghina 10.8

10.8

it is proper that your holiness should protect the cause of Islam." The Saiyid reflected for a short time, and then said to them, "Have you not heard what little boys at play say?" He then dismissed them. On the morrow they marched to a distance of seven kos from Karnal, where they encamped. Himun, who had taken possession of the Dehli throne, being informed of the coming of the Mughal forces, went out with regal pomp from Dehli, with the intention of fighting them. It is related, that when Himun was proceeding to Dehli against the nobles of King Humayun, he encamped near Old Dehli. The evening preceding the day on which he expected a battle, he went to the sanctified mausoleum of the Kutbu-l Aktab, His Highness Kutbu-l Hakk, the pole-star of religion and piety, and placing the head of entreaty on the august threshold, vowed that if he were destined to conquer Dehli, — if the throne of Dehli were granted him, and the Mughal troops put to flight, — he would become a Musulman on his return to Dehli, and diffuse the religion of Muhammad. The Almighty gave him victory. But he perjured himself, and did not become a Musulman, or forsake his heathen prejudices; nay, he even persecuted the Musulmans. But at last he saw what he did see.